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Robert Parker and Karen Best listen to a viewpoint at a meeting of the Bremerton Patriot/Central Kitsap Reporter Community Advisory Board

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Sharing ideas for the city’s future | Editor’s Notebook

Efforts by volunteers to help Bremerton police patrol the city. New tools that help residents eradicate graffiti. The…

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What the heck is a ‘superdelegate’? | As It Turns Out

The long, drawn-out process of choosing presidential nominees can also leave us feeling pretty perplexed. For five months,…

Officers with a stuffed tiger

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Meteorite strike could be considered ‘malicious mischief,’ officers suggest

It’s getting warmer, which generally means it’s getting weirder.

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The Petri Dish: State Sanders supporters frustrated by Clinton backers in congress

With all the attention given to the heated contest for the Republican Party presidential nomination, it’s easy to…

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Sarah Smiley: Maternity leave is not a vacation

If you haven’t heard the term “me-ternity,” you likely got through last week without feeling discouraged about today’s…

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Editorial: A good return on the investment

This year, residents were asked to make sizable investments in local education.

Lorraine Loomis

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Habitat, hatcheries equal fishing | Being Frank

Salmon management has become increasingly difficult as salmon populations decline across western Washington. Tribal and state co-managers are…

Lorraine Loomis

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Statement on efforts of state, Treaty Tribes to reach final agreement on fisheries

Lorraine Loomis, chairwoman of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, issued the following statement on May 4 regarding the…

Homeless flowchart

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Editorial cartoon: Homelessness flowchart

Editorial cartoon: Homelessness flowchart / Cagle Cartoons

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Handling of this situation was by the book | In Our Opinion

When we read this story in the Port Orchard Independent, a fellow Sound Publishing newspaper, we couldn’t help…

Rigged system!

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Cartoon: The system is rigged!

Cagle cartoon of the week: The political system is rigged!

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Sarah Smiley: Who loses a bag of frozen ravioli while making lunch?

Ask my oldest son, Ford, or my husband, Dustin, what they had for lunch the day we drove…

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Editorial: If you live here, you’re part of the community

Whether soldier, sailor, airmen or Marine; single or married; active duty or retired; if you live in Kitsap…

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Sarah Smiley: It costs nothing to make someone’s day

I was genuinely surprised. Last week, at a party for my new book, “Got Here As Soon As…

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My View | We can’t afford SKSD bond issue

The South Kitsap Board of Directors, for a second time in three months, is attempting to pass a…

Minimum wage

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Cartoon: Stagnant wages, rising cost of living

Cartoon: Stagnant wages, rising cost of living / April 9, 2016

Opioids

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Cartoon: Opioid prescription abuse

Cartoon: Opioid prescription abuse / April 8, 2016

The one percent

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Cartoon: Shining a light on elite corruption

Cartoon: Shining a light on elite corruption / Cagle Cartoons

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Sarah Smiley: What I’m feeling as my husband prepares to retire from the Navy

A year from now, my husband will retire from the Navy, so I have begun the emotional countdown…

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Editorial: Drivers, the cell call or text can wait

Nationwide, 3,179 deaths and 431,000 injuries were attributed to vehicle accidents involving distracted driving in 2014, according to…